UFC 120 - Bisping vs. Akiyama

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the card for this Saturday's UFC 116 in London. This will be "free" on Spike TV.

Preliminary card

* Light Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Fabio Maldonado

* Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton

* Lightweight bout: Paul Sass vs. Mark Holst

* Light Heavyweight bout: Steve Cantwell vs. Stanislav Nedkov

* Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Queiroz

* Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Main card

* Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick

* Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne

* Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle

* Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit

* Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

UFC 120

Sherdog's UFC 120 Primer

***The ol' Dixie Outlaw will be pulling for "Count" Bisping (vs. jap Akiyama), Browne (vs. afflete Kongo), Wilks (mulatto?) vs. 100% "afflete" Patrick, Gustafsson (vs. afflete Diabate), & Broughton.

 

[Howard]

Browne's nickname is "Hapa" which is slang for Asian/Hawaian. Besides I might bet on Kongo. I am also taking Bisping.

 

[Thrashen]

This was a great night for white fighters.

Once again, the Cultural Marxists presiding over the UFC vainly attempted to make Cheick Kongo look like a "superman,"Â￾ and once again, he failed. The fight was technically ruled a "draw,"Â￾ but Travis Browne should have gotten the decision. He landed more punches, worked harder, had a takedown, and Kongo was deducted a point for grabbing Browne's shorts.

Before the fight, Kongo was as arrogant as can be"¦saying things such as "who has ever heard of Travis Browne? Nobody. He's not in the same league as I am."Â￾

Does Cheick "Chicken Legs"Â￾ Kongo not realize that he's now fighting UFC rookies and "nobodies"Â￾ because he keeps losing? He's looking more timid than ever. He's yet another black body-builder with no heart.

It was nice to see Bisping defeat Akiyama. Both men took a lot of punishment, but Bisping won all three rounds with his superior athleticism, quick hands, and outstanding conditioning. I also like that he's discontinued some of his former egotism.Edited by: Thrashen

 

[Howard]

I bet on Bisping so I am a little richer right now, but if I had bet on Kongo which I was going to do I would be pissed he clearly won that fight. Say what you want he won the fight. And I am glad Pyle won and I am glad Hardy got KTFO!

 

[moose]

travis browne looks like a good prospect

 

[Liverlips]

Browne did look good and he clearly won the fight. Not only should Kongo have been disqualified for continuing to hold Browne's shorts, he lost round 3.

However, I would caution getting on the Browne bandwagon. Kongo is nothing great and is easily the most over hyped fighter in the UFC. He is also a rather small heavyweight at 228.

Gustafson may be one to watch at 205 as he steamrolled Diabate - who is yet another over hyped fighter due to his skin color.

Overall a good night both caste wise and for solid matches.

 

[Howard]

Condit deserves the next shot against GSP.

GSP needs to open up and start finishing people. He should have beat Hardy in the first round.

Browne did not clearly beat Kongo. Sorry guys.

Hathaway as with most British fighters are bet against. I made the exeption with Bisping because he is a better affirmative action hire than Akiyama.

My favorite fighters: Lesnar, Chris Lytle and Clay Guida. Win or lose those guys bring it.

 

[moose]

too bad stanislav nedkov didnt fight, he's a real scrappy bulgarian fighter who used to be a wrestler

 

[hawkeye]

I kind of wish steve cantwell was back he was very talneted and is still very young. I give Travis Brown and John Hathaway props because both guys a very new to mma and both are proforming at a very high level. Browne has only been fighting for around three years and had no formal training. Hathaway learned from watching tapes.

 

[Thrashen]

but if I had bet on Kongo which I was going to do I would be pissed he clearly won that fight. Say what you want he won the fight.

Browne did not clearly beat Kongo. Sorry guys.

How do you figure? Browne scored a takedown, Kongo didn't.

Browne clearly won the first round, during which he connected on some of the very few hard strikes landed by either fighter through three rounds.

Kongo landed a few decent punches in the 3rd round, but was deducted a point for repeatedly holding Browne's shorts.

I'm not suggesting that Travis Browne is anything special (he's a wild puncher with bad conditioning), but at least he fought with some urgency and competed well enough against a "big name"Â￾ heavyweight like Kongo.

I can see the fight ending in a "draw"Â￾ (because it was so mudane)"¦but to suggest this lame fight was a "clear win"Â￾ for Kongo is not accurate.Edited by: Thrashen

 

[Howard]

Kongo won round 2 and 3 and if not for the shorts grabbing which was stupid he won the fight. Browne should be happy with a draw. To say he "clearly" won the fight is an exaggeration. If Browne did not run out of gas maybe he wins. Kongo is a DWF's homo erotic fantasy which means I hate him by default but he "won" what was a boring fight. Kongo like Browne ,in my opinion, are "B" level fighters.

 

[guest301]

I scored it a draw and Kongo wouldn't have held onto Brown's shorts so much if he wasn't a desparate fighter knowing his window of opportunity is getting shorter in the UFC and he will be lucky if he even remains a gatekeeper in the heavyweight division much less ever a lugit contender again for the title.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Sorry for the late update (been working a ton of hours this week)...

Preliminary Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Fabio Maldonado

Maldonado defeated McSweeney via TKO (punches) at 0:48 of round 3.

* Lightweight bout: United States Spencer Fisher vs. England Kurt Warburton

Fisher defeated Warburton via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Paul Sass vs. Mark Holst

Sass defeated Holst via submission (triangle choke) at 4:45 of round 1. This bout aired last on the live broadcast following the Bisping vs. Akiyama fight. This bout also aired on the Spike broadcast following the Hathaway vs. Pyle fight.

* Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Queiroz

Broughton defeated Queiroz via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:43 of round 3.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Gustafsson defeated Diabaté via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:41 of round 2.

This bout aired first on the Spike broadcast in favour of the Wilks vs. Patrick fight.

Main card

* Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick

Patrick defeated Wilks via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

This bout aired normally on the live broadcast, but was removed from the Spike broadcast in favour of the Diabaté vs. Gustafsson fight.

* Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne

Kongo and Browne fought to a unanimous draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28).

Kongo had one point deducted in round 3 for repeatedly grabbing Browne's shorts.

* Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle

Pyle defeated Hathaway by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit

Condit defeated Hardy via KO (punches) at 4:27 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Bisping defeated Akiyama via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).